Rail-chair and anticreeper.



PATENTED DEG. 18, 1906.

F. L. RAGER. RAIL CHAIR AND ANTIGRBEPER.

APPLIOATION FILED 001224, 1905.

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RAIL-CHAIR AND ANTICREEPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application iiled October 24, 1905. Serial No. 284,197.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK L. RAGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State ofUtah, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Chairs andAnticreepers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to rail-chairs; and it contemplates the provisionof a chair embodying such a construction that the more a rail tends tocreep the tighter it will beheld to the tie, and this while permittingfree eX- pansion and contraction of the rail due to heat and cold andwithout any tendency of splitting or otherwise weakening the sleepers orties or affecting the eXactness of the trackvage.

With the foregoing in mind the invention will be fully understood fromthe following description and claims, when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which-Figure l is a planview illustrating the chair constituting the presentand preferred embodiment of my invention as properly arranged relativeto a sleeper or tie and a rail. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectiontaken in the plane indicated by the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a planview of one of the rail-holding plates of my improvements, and Fig. 4 isan enlarged detail section taken in the plane imdicated by the line et 4of Fig. 3 looking toward the right.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of thedrawings, referring to Which- Ais a railway-tie, which may be andpreferably is of wood.

B is a railwhich is preferably of the conventional type, and C is thetie-plate which I prefer to employ in the practice of my invention. Thesaid tie-plate is provided with ribs a, designed to be driven into thetie with a view of binding the wood fibers together and lending strengthto and preventing splitting of the tie, and it is also provided with acountersunk portion b and spike-holes c at proper points in saidportion.

D D are spikes, which may be and preferably are of the kind at presentin use.

E is one of my novel rail-holding plates, and F is the otherrail-holding plate. The plate E is preferably of the shape shown in Fig.l and is arranged directly on the countersunk portion b of the tie-plateC. It is provided adjacent to one of its ends with a spike-hole d,having a convex outer end wall e and an inclined side wallf, and at itsopposite end it has two (more or less) loops g, designed to receiveoneedge of the rail-base after the manner shown in Figs. l and 2. The innersidesof the bights of the said loops g are suitably toothed, asindicated by h, so as to enable the same to take secure hold of therail, and on their outer sides the loops are provided with protuberancesi, designed to receive the blows of a spike-maul or other device used todrive the teeth h into engage-l ment with the edge of the rail-base.

The rail-holding plate F is superposed on the plate E and arrangeddirectly against the bottom of the rail, Fig. 2. This plate F isprovided adjacent to one end with a spikehole d', having a convex outerend wall e and an inclined side wall f, and it is also provided with aloop g. The said loop g is arranged at the opposite end of the platewith reference to the hole d and is interiorly toothed, as indicated byh, in order to enable it to positively engage the edge of the railbasewhich it receives. It is also provided on its outer side with aprotuberancei/ for the same purpose as the protuberance i beforedescribed.

In assembling the parts of my improvements the tie-plate C is secured onthe tie A, and the plate li), plate F, and rail B are then placed in theorder stated on said tie-plate. The spikes D are then driven home, andthe protuberances i i are struck a sufiicient number of blows to engagethe teeth h h with the opposite edges of the rail-base.

With the parts arranged as stated in the foregoing it will be apparentthat the plates E and F are free to move on the smooth surfaces on whichthey rest, and from this it follows that any tendency of the rail tocree or move longitudinally in one direction will swing one plate on itsrespective spike and cause the teeth of saidplate to more positivelyengage the rail-base, While any tendency of the rail to creep or movelongitudinally in the opposite direction will cause the other late toswing in the same direction on its spi ze and result in the teeth ofsuch other plate being more securely engaged with the rail-base. As aresult of this the more the rail tends to creep the more securely willit be held against such movement by the plates E and F, which is animportant desideratum. It will be noticed, however, that the plates Eand F will not interfere with free expansion ICO IIO

and contraction of the rail; also, that said plates will prevent thetransmission of longitudinal strain due to creeping or expansion andcontraction of the rail to the tie and will contribute materially to thepreservation of the exactness ofthe track-gage.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that ordinary railway-spikes maybe employed in the application of my improvements, which contributesmaterially to the cheapness of such improvements.

I claiml. The combination of a railway-rail, a railsupport, rail-holdingplates having means for engaging the rail at opposite sides, .and spikesconnecting the plates and the rail-support and serving as centers forthe plates and having heads arranged to engage the base of the rail atopposite sides.

2. The combination of a railway-rail7 a tie, a tie-plate secured on thetie and interposed between the same and the rail, and rail-holdingplates interposed between the rail and the tief-plate and havingdifferent centers of movement and also having means for engaging therail at opposite sides.

3. The combination of a railway-rail, a tie, a tie-plate havingspike-holes, rail-holding plates interposed between the rail and thetie-plate and having spike-holes and also having means for engaging therail at o posite sides, and spikes connecting the rail-lijolding plates,the tie-plate and the tie and having heads engaging the base of the railat opposite sides.

4. The combination of a railway-rail, a railsupport, and rail-holdingplates connected with the support and having different centers ofmovement and also having loops toothed at the inner sides of theirbights and receiving and engaging the opposite edges of the rail-base.

5. The combination of a railway-rail7 a railthe bights of which aretoothed to engage the edges of the rail-base, and spikes extendingthrough the holes of the plates'and connecting the said plates to thesupport.

6. The combination of a railway-rail, a railsupport7 a tie-plate securedon the rail-support and having spike-holes, rail-holding platesinterposed between the rail andthe tieplate and having 'spike-holes andalso having loops the inner sides of the bights of which are toothed toengage opposite edges of the rail-base, and spikes connecting therailholding plates7 the tie-plate and the tie, and having heads engagingthe base of the rail at opposite sides.

7 The combination of a railway-rail, a tie, a tie-plate havingspike-holes7 rail-holding plates interposed between the rail and thetie-plate and having spike-holes one side wall of which is inclined andthe outer end wall of which is convex, and also having loops the innersides of the bights of which are toothed to engage the opposite edges ofthey rai l-base, and spikes connecting the rail-holding plates, thetie-plate and the tie, and having heads engaging the base of the rail atopposite sides.

8. The combination of a railway-rail, a railsupport, rail-holding platesinterposed between the rail and the rail-support and having spike-holesone side wall of which is inclined and the outer end wall of which isconveX, and also having loops the inner sides of the bights of which aretoothed to engage opposite edges of the rail-base, and s ikes eX-tending through the holes of the p ates and connecting the same to therail-support.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FRANK L. RAGER.

Witnesses:

HARRY HAGER, ALFREDO R. TALAMANTES.

